Simply Not Easy

I've got to practice what I preach. Recorded this episode today as I went on a walk cooling down from a great workout. Exactly what my body needed. I've been asked by a lot of people about shoulder irritation, chest/pec activation, posture, chest vs shoulder dominance.... I wanted to use this opportunity to debunk and demystify a few things. Today is (yes, based on the workout I did today) all about getting a better activation of your pecs and it's implications for not only strength, but health of your entire upper body. Move better, feel better, be better.

Salt of the earth or salt of the sea? Make sure that salt isn't naked and that it's got iodine added in. Today we take a look at this essential nutrient, why all of a sudden people in this modern age are at a deficiency, and all that can go wrong when it does.... Even with the best of intentions.

Today is a Muscle Monday for the anatomy nerds. We're delving into the neck, the suboccipital group, specifically the Oblique Capitus Inferior. We take a look at it's important function with the AA/C1C2 joint, cervicogenic headaches, whiplash, dizziness, and normal movement. To understand function we need to better understand structure, even detailed physiological structure. For this we turn to yet another study comparing humans to chimpanzees. Even more interesting we talk about a study published this month by Scherer et al. that describes anatomical variations in the relationship between the Greater Occipital Nerve and the Oblique Capitus Inferior. Enjoy!

Hockey is starting back up again. NHL pre-season is here. While all athletes need a strong posterior chain, hockey may be at the top of the demand list. Their crouched positions, fast explosive power, and physicality of the sport put on a high demand. Let's learn some tips about time under tension from these athletes and apply it to our game, whether we play hockey or not.

The need to breathe is essential for life (duh!). Then why do we suck at it. We need to stop just barely breathing to get by with our physiological minimum. Because good enough is never good enough. Its about being at the top of our game no matter our intensity. No matter our movement. No matter our position.

Making big moves today. Acceptance, commitment, and the decision making process behind it all. Time to be and stay committed to our best.

I'm all about cultivating the internal world to create a solid foundation for achieving external results. But sometimes there are external demands placed upon us that we need to rise up to. Today is all about the later. Can we actually adapt and rise to the challenge.

Working out all day! Well, not really. But moving all day, yes! Time to get off your butt and get the blood flowing again. This episode is paradigm shifting from working out to promoting movement, and it may just be the game changer some of us need, or a switch up during an 'off' day.

Today's episode is all about the infamous green balls of death. No, I don't really believe that, but I've heard it before. Rather this nutrient dense food is packed with the goodness we need. We also take a deeper dive into the role vitamin K plays in our body with its expansive influence all the way to bone health.

Time to get these hamstrings going. We talk the structure that leads to essential function. Why these muscles are often underdeveloped, their relationship to knee health, and of course best ways to train these bad boys.